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Drop In
Dropping in is about becoming present and bearing witness to yourself in the moment. Where your attention is, your mood, the sensations happening right now in your body.
It’s often harder than it sounds. Some of us need to clear out a little physical and mental clutter first and this practice wi...
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Live Satsang 2/21/21 - Brahmacharya or Right Use of Energy
Live Satsang 2/21/21 - Brahmacharya/Higher Purpose/Right Use of Energy/Self Love
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Dark Side of the Moon
One of the lunar phases is called the New Moon, when the sun and the moon are on the same side of the Earth, giving the perspective that the Dark Side of The Moon is facing us, or that the moon has turned inward, perhaps to regroup and reboot so she can shine again.
We’d do well to allow ourselv...
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Steady & Strong
Did you know bison walk INTO a storm, unlike other animals like cattle? They instinctively know the fastest way out of a storm is to go directly through it rather than to drift with the winds of the storm.
Walking into challenges, both those we choose and those we don’t, requires steadiness and ...
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Live Meditation 1/24/21
LIVE Meditation from 1/24/21 - the intro is about creating new habits (like a regular meditation practice, for example) requires we connect the habit to our values rather than try with just some feeling we "should" do it. And second, that meditation gives us the opportunity to disrupt or interrup...
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Nectar
Nectar is a rich and sweet liquid produced in the depths of a flower. As such, I’ve always associated it with essence and the sweetness of our life experiences – like we savor the nectar of our experiences so we don’t miss them.
Today’s practice is nectarian in that it is slow flow leading to re...
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Wonder
Wonder is a quality we often associate more with childhood than adulthood. And yet, a strong sense of wonder ensures a life full of curiosity and openness to possibility.
This practice aims to support wonder in your life through embodiment: flow, heart openers and the joy in savoring the after e...
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Live Satsang 11/14/20 - Celebrating our inner light
Our November LIVE Satsang, on the Indian holiday of Diwali or the Festival of Lights. We talk about celebrating our inner light, what that actually is, as well as the forces and tendencies that dim it. It's hard work! But you're never, ever, ever alone in it!
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Morning Glory
This vibrant home practice is full of accessible heart center and shoulder openers to work out any tension and liberate your spirit.
We also do two Earthy backbends to restore you feeling of being both grounded AND open to possibility.
The idea is that after this concise practice you’ll feel un...
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Live Meditation 9/22/20
Live Meditation on Zoom on 9/22/20
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Wind Down
Wind Down is a lunar practice that supports you in doing just that – decelerating and releasing the burdens of the day.
It’s a combination of flow and stretch with just enough activation to help you discharge any pent up vibes that could be released.
You will want a block or something that coul...
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Live Meditation - 8/30/20
Intro to meditation plus an Embodied Awareness meditation. So wonderful to sit with you all this morning!
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Isle of Calm
This home practice is a RESILIENCY supporting practice informed by the Earth and Water elements.
In Yoga’s sister science Ayurveda, your inherent resiliency is called OJAS and a practice like this supports healthy ojas to meet the challenges of life head on with strength and competency.
It’s a ...
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Got Your Back
Fun fact: The muscles of your BACK body propel you forward. So physically, it makes sense to keep your posterior chain of muscles as strong as they are flexible.
Metaphorically speaking, what is BEHIND you can propel you forward in life when you draw strength from the wisdom you earned from your...
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Day Maker
This practice was inspired by the idea of getting up on the RIGHT side of the bed. You can do it first thing in the morning but really you could do this practice any time you need a do-over and want to shift the energy of your day.
It includes a couple grounded backbends that ask you to find sta...
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Balanced Energy
Sometimes you need to rev up to balance yourself. Sometimes you need to downshift to balance yourself. And sometimes, you need to maintain the balance you’ve got!
This is one of my SolaLuna practices that is a balanced blend of solar, or active energy and lunar, or receptive energy. We start out...
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Solid Gold Core
Your core is the hub of your body and the main power source for the movements you make.
It's a 360 powerhouse, that runs from your armpits to your knees.
In the chakra model of Yoga, it is associated with your 3rd chakra called manipura, roughly located around your solar plexus. This energy cen...
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Mindful Mobility 2
Mindful Mobility 2, like its predecessor Mindful Mobility, emphasizes mindful movement at our joints with a combination of muscle STRENGTH and STRETCH.
One great reason to explore practices like these is to identify the activations and movements we may NOT do much of, based on the sensations we ...
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All In A Day's Work ~ Midday
These 3 short home practices were designed to support you throughout the day.The first practice is sensitive to your body and mind's needs in the morning before you get rolling.The second practice can be a mid-day pause at home or at work to hit the reset button. And the third practice supports d...
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All In A Day's Work ~ Evening
These 3 short home practices were designed to support you throughout the day. The first practice is sensitive to your body and mind's needs in the morning before you get rolling. The second practice can be a mid-day pause at home or at work to hit the reset button. And the third practice supports...
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Basecamp ~ Stoke Your Fire
This home practice was inspired by the natural elements Earth and Fire. It starts out with postures that support a feeling of groundedness and evolves into some fire stoking core and standing poses and then shifts back to earthy hip openers.
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Here Comes The Sun
Named after the iconic Beatles tune, Here Comes The Sun is a morning-friendly home practice I created for folks who want to get some mindfulness and movement in before the day's work begins.
It is a shorter form Integrated Vinyasa practice that includes spinal awakening, some flow to get your bl...
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All In A Day's Work ~ Morning
These 3 short home practices were designed to support you throughout the day.The first practice is sensitive to your body and mind's needs in the morning before you get rolling.The second practice can be a mid-day pause at home or at work to hit the reset button.And the third practice supports de...
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Transmute ~ Working With Anger
I'm not a fan of pretending we always experience love and light! Our shadow side is an amazing teacher, if we learn how to work with it skillfully. In this case, anger is something we all experience from time to time and a natural part of being human. When we try to suppress it, deny it or hide i...